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A structure found in a male mammalian spermatocyte containing an unpaired X chromosome that has become densely heterochromatic, silenced and localized at the nuclear periphery. A compact and highly condensed form of chromatin. A structure found in a female mammalian cell containing an unpaired X chromosome that has become densely heterochromatic, silenced and localized at the nuclear periphery. The ordered and organized complex of DNA and protein that forms the chromosome in the nucleus. A condensed form of chromatin, occurring in the nucleus during interphase, that stains strongly with basophilic dyes. The DNA of heterochromatin is typically replicated at a later stage in the cell-division cycle than euchromatin. A chromosome involved in sex determination. A structure composed of a very long molecule of DNA and associated proteins (e.g. histones) that carries hereditary information. A condensed mass of compacted chromatin that represents an inactivated X chromosome.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: sex chromatin
Acc: GO:0001739
Aspect: Cellular Component
Desc: A condensed mass of compacted chromatin that represents an inactivated X chromosome.
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 8 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 23 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0001739 - sex chromatin (interactive image map)
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